Today on Feminine Roadmap a timely message of a mother’s legacy, living life with intention and how leaving a legacy creates a ripple effect that cannot be measured. Melissa Malcolm-Peck spent 20 years documenting her life after she experienced a series of 4 heart attacks within 48 hours. Because Melissa wrote in the moment as she lived the terror, the discouragement, the struggle- the narrative is incredibly powerful and draws you in to the journey. The first book in her memoir was released 4 years posthumously by her daughters and today her youngest daughter, Jacqueline, joins Gina to talk about her mother’s legacy. Jacqueline was blessed to spend one month with her mother before she passed away talking about the manuscripts she had written (6 in all) and her dream of having them published, part of that legacy was getting this memoir written and out into the world. This conversation focuses on the impact Melissa had on her family as a wife, mother and a mentor through her example of overcoming hardship, living with intention and joy, choosing to love and forgive. Jacqueline shares from a daughter’s perspective the legacy her mother left behind and how that legacy has shaped the way she chooses to live her life, love her family and plan her future. This is an incredible story so please grab a cuppa something wonderful and share it with someone special, you never know how important these moments are. http://www.feminineroadmap.com/episode149/
SHOW NOTES:
3:31 Melissa’s legacy
“She had this resilience to her that just echoed into everything she did so that gave us this view that she was this superwoman and she could do anything…she was able to be very intentional with her time and understanding that you live everyday to the fullest and that’s exactly what she did.”
14:58 Finding new joy after loss
27:39 Reflecting on living with perseverance and discipline in the here and now after tragedy
“If you’re not living this or this in your life then change it… she taught us how to manifest and to visualize… (when something bad would happen) she would tell me to ‘re-visualize how you would want this situation to go’, trying to reprogram your mind about a situation.”
36:36 A daughter’s perspective on knowing mom’s mortality and how to relate now
40:44 Learning how to grieve as a family and allow the differences in process with empathy, respecting everyone’s roles
“Just be with them, try not to give love how I feel love but take the time to be like ‘How do they receive it?’ So that was something she was able to give to us being completely different people, she just accepted us 100% whatever stage we were at.”
54:41 Jacqueline shares takeaways from her mom’s legacy
“Whatever situation you are going through, it will pass. There is so much hope on the other end. The situation might not be changed in the way you want but you will be changed if you decide to move with it.”
RESOURCES:
“A Story of Love” Melissa Malcolm-Peck
Music by bensound
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